Button



May 25, 1937. J. w. ABELL 2,081,259

BUTTON Fled Janf5. 1955 INVENTOR e/0/7/V M. %/fLL Patentedl May 25, 1937 UNITE STA'EES PA'ENT FFICE BUTTON Application January 5, 1935, Serial No. 468

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in buttons particularly of the type adapted for use in tuftng mattresses, cushions end upholstery. 7

In one method of tufting, the tufting needle nstead. of beng passed. completely through the mattress or cushion is arranged to carry a.- loop through the mattress to whch loop a button is secured, and. then, after the needle is withdrawn, the loop is drawn taut and s fastened to a button on the other side of the mattress. When using buttons with closed eyes it is necessary to choke the loop on the button. In other words, the loop is dra.wn through the eye of the button and then is slipped over the head of the button thereby making it fast. Another method of mal:- ng the buttoxi fast to the loop is to provide a button wth an open eye which 1s merely hooked upon the loop. This sa.ves the time of threading the loop through the eye and. then threaoling the head of the button through the loop. 7

An object of my invention is to provide a button Wth an open eye whereby it may be applied. in the manner last describedand a specific object of my nvention 15 130 pro vde means on such a button which will facilitato the hooking opera,-

tion.

Another object of my nventon is to provide a button in which the open eye is so formed as to prevent the button from beng accdenta,lly unhooked, at the same time permitting unhooking ofthe button intentionally whenever desired.

Other objects and advantages of my inventon will appear in the following description of a, preferrecl embodiment end thereafter the novelty and scope of the invention Will be pointed. out in che claims.

In the accompanying dra,wing;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my mproved. button Wth the eye of the button disposed edge- Wise to view; end,

Fig'. 2 is a, similar view with the button turnd through an angle of degrees on ts vertical axis.

As shown in the drawng, the button is provided with a head. H) and a wire shank Il. This shank is preferably fixed to the head and has a straight porton |2 projecting centrally from the head. Below the straight portion there is an offset I3 forming a recess and below this offset the wre is bent to form an eye |4 which lies in the piane of the straight portion I2 and. hence is centra.lly disposed with respet to the head. T'he free end I5 of the eye portio-n extends into the recess formed by the band l3 bui. is spaced. from the walls of the recess.

In use the button may be attached to a loop or thread by pressing the straight portion |2 against the thread. end dra.wing the button upwardly so that the thread. Will slide along the sha.nk of the button following the offset past the free end 15 of the eye and thus entering the eye itself. v

Ii; Will be observecl thai; in this wa,y the thread is reac'lily guided into the eye, and once it has entered the eye it will be dificult for it to escape therefrom accidentally because the end |5 of the eye acts as a bar to the escape of the thread. Only by turning the button and at the same time pressing it nwardly will it be possible to force the button o1f the thread.

I-Iavng thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A button oomprising a head, and a wire shank extendng from the head. and formed nto an open eye, -the shank being laterally offset to form a, recess above the eye and the free end of the wire forming the eye projecting into sad recess bui: spaced from the walls of the recess.

2. A button comprisng a head, and a wire shank extending from the head and formed into an open eye, the shank beng laterally offset to form e recess above the eye and the free end of the wire forming the eye projecting into said recess but spaced from the vvalls of the recess, said shank being fixeol to the head.

3. A button comprsing a head, and a, Wire shank extending from the head and formed. into an open eye, the shank being laterally offset to form a. recess above the eye and the free end of the wire forming the eye projecting into saol recess but spaced from the walls of the recess, said eye being disposed in a single Dla,ne substantially norma] to the plana of the heaol.

4. A button comprising a, head, and a Wire shank extendng from the head and formed into an open eye, the shank having a straight 'portion and a. portion forming a lateral recess above the eye, the free end. of the wre forming the eye pro jecting into said recess but spacecl from the wa.lls of the recess, sa,id straight portion and said eye being dsposed in a, common plane substantially normal no the plano of the head.

JOI-IN W. ABELL. 

